I've decided to take a well-researched peptide to help with an injury. I'd planned on taking two doses of 250 mcg per day (5 days on 2 off). According to a peptide calculator (3mL water/10mg concentration), that means filling my 1ml syringes only to the 7.5 mark.

Besides this being difficult to read, when I put my needle into the solution, the pressure inside the bottle shoots the syringe up to the 50 mark without my doing anything. I pushed it down to below 10 but then upon pulling the syringe out of the bottle the little amount in the syringe squirts all over the top of the bottle (again without my pressing anything). By the time I injected there were just a few drops left and I wasted a dose (at least). Obviously I don't want to pull a bunch of air into the syringe to prevent the solution from squirting out, but shouldn't the solution just stay exactly to where I pulled it?

Is this a problem with the syringe...Low quality (I got the cheapest in Amazon which had 5 stars)? Or, is the syringe just too big for the small amount I'm trying? ... Have others had the issue of the bottle itself being so pressurized that the solution draws without a pull?

Thanks for any advice!! I really want to make this work. Very grateful.